Friday, April 27, 2012

Filling up of the Posts of AD (Training) at PTC Mysore - Calling of volunteers

Applications from the willing Group B officers have been called for from all Circles to fill up the Posts of Assistant Director(Training) at PTC Mysore vide Director PTC Mysore letter no STA/2-26/2 III dated 23.04.2011 addressed Heads of Circles. The Posts of Assistant Director(Training) will carry 15% of Basic pay as Training Allowance. The last date for receipt applications along with copies of APARs for 5 years from Circles at PTC Mysore is 15.05.2012.Click here to view the said PTC Mysore letter in original.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

TRANSFER/POSTING IN THE CADRE OF IP'S ISSUED BY POSTMASTER GENERAL NORTH KARNATAKA REGION.....

Partial modification of the above memo, ordered by the competent authority with immediate effect until further orders. i.e Sl Number 4 has been posted to IP Jamkhandi instead of Athni against vacant post. All other entries holds good.﻿

Manner of Delivery of Speed Post Articles containing Passports

It has been decided by the Ministry of External ffairs New delhi that the present modality of delivering the speed post artilce containing Pass port"either to the addressee or his/her authorised representative on behalf of the addressee" is the most viable on and will be continued Passport delivery system. The said decision has been comminucated vide Department of Posts OM no: 57-01/2010-BD & MD dtd 11-04-2011. CLICK HERE to view the said OM in original.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Postal Directorate has requested all the Head of Circles to send the names of suitable officers in the grade of JTS/STS of Group "A" and Postal Service Group "B" interested to serve in Postal Directorate for not less than two years vide F No. 4-3/2012-SPG dated 16.04.2012.

Monday, April 16, 2012

PS Group B Examination-2012

Directorate vide letter No. A-34013/3/2012-DE dated 11.4.2012 has decided to conduct the PS Group B Examination, 2012 on 3.6.2012. All those who have completed 5 years of regular service in IP cadre as on 1.1.2011 are eligible to appear in the examination. The schedule prescribed by the Directorate for the said examination is as follows:

All the members who wish to attend the said examination may forward their applications in the prescribed proforma to their controlling officers immediately so that the recommended applications reach CO within the precribed date.

Sub:- Payment to Government servants other than salary etc. through e- Payment from 1st April 2012

The Central Government Account (Receipts and Payments) Rules,1983 have been amended, inter alia, to provide for issue of Payment advices to the bank for direct credit by electronic transfer to the specified bank account of the payee. As per the amendments, the Government servants are, permitted to receive their salary by direct credit to their bank accounts through payment advices, at their option Further, the amendment also provides that all payments to government servants other than salaries exceeding the limits as specified from time to time, shall be through payment advices.

2. In accordance to the above, with effect from 1st April 2012, all Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are directed to make all payments to government servants, other than salary, above Rs.25,000. by issue of payment advices, including electronically signed payment advices.

3. Further in accordance to the amended rules, with effect from 1st April 2012, all Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are directed to make all payments towards settlement of retirement /terminal benefits such as gratuity, commuted value of pension, encashment of leave salary,CGEGIS, withdrawals from General Provident Fund, etc. by issue of payment advices, including electronically signed payment advices.

4. All Ministries! Departments and Heads of Accounting Organisations are requested to ensure the compliance of above instructions by Pay & Accounts Offices/ Accounts offices and other payment units under their control.

5. Separate orders have been issued in respect of payments to private parties such as Suppliers, contractors, grantee, loanee institutions etc,.

This has a reference to your office letter No.CO/LC/21/OA/12 dated 27th Mar 2012 received only on 29.03.2012seeking advice if the various categories of the GDS Posts as prescribed in Rule 3 (d) of GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2011 could be classified based on the skills or hierarchy or TRCA slabs within these categories.

(b)With the issue and implementation of orders relating to downgrading the EDSO's to EDBO's the category of GDS SPM is not in vogue. For the purposes of TRCA, Gramin Dak Sevaksare closed as three categories i.e. GDS BPM, GDSMD/SV & GDS MC/Packer, Their TRCA has been fixed based on pre-revised scales of pay of the corresponding categories of regular Government employees on pro-rata bases. Their TRCA is further based on workload assessed as per laid down norms and slabs.

(c)There is no concept of higher or lower post or skilled within a category and /or amongst various approved categories as recognized from time to time. For the purpose of direct recruitment to MTS Group C post, their seniority is reckoned with reference to date of entry inany GDS post based on seniority in the concerned division as a whole. There is no categorization of various GDS posts into 'White Collar' or 'Blue Collar' and such a classification is not also defined anywhere.

(d)The 'Recruiting Authority' mentioned in Rule 4 and further defined in the Scheduled annexed to the Department of Posts, Gramin Dak Sevaks(Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2011 is based on working arrangement and for administrative convenience only. As the Gramin Dak Sevaks are entitled to protection under Article 311 (2) of the Constitution as held by Apex Court, the concerned authoritywill exercise his disciplinary jurisdiction as per the categories of GDS, for which one is designated as recruiting authority.

(e)The existing provisions governing Limited Transfer Facility do not prescribe any restriction for allowing transfer form one category to another and amongst the various categories of Posts irrespective of TRCA slabs prescribed for these categories and even from one wing to another i.e., RMS to Postal or vice versa. The requirement is fulfilled of required qualification and other conditions for limited transfer facility.

(f)While circulating the Department of Posts, Gramin Dak Sevaks (Conduct and Employment) Rules. 2001 vide DG letter No. 22-1/2000-ED & Trg dated 24.04.2001, it was clearly provided in Para 4(ix) of letter dated 24.04.2001 that "executive instructions issued and published below the respective rules as also those brought out in other sections such as method of recruitment, etc of Swamy's Compilation of Service Rules for the Postal ED Staff shall alsostand revised/ amended mutandis in keeping with the amended/revised rules. Thus, the executive instructions providing for metnod of recruitment issued prior to circulation of the 2001 rules was provided by amending the Note II (iv) of Rule 3 of Rules and in accordance with the amended provision, limited Transfer Facility was provided under this Directorate letter No. 19-10/2004- GDS dated 17.07.2006 subject to terms and conditions mentioned therein.

(g)Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of UOI Others vs. Kameshwar Prasad 1998 SCC (L&S) page 447 wherein the system and object of engaging EDA's and their status was considered and adjudicated upon, Held that P&T Extra Department Agent (C&S)Rules, 1964 are a complete code governing service, conduct and disciplinary proceedings against EDA's P&T EDA's Rules, 1964 were repealed and a fresh set of rules replacing the earlier rules was issued under GDS (Conduct and Employment) Rules, 2001 & thereafter 2001 rules have also been replaced by GDS (Conduct & Employment) Rules, 2001 & thereafter 2001 rules have also been replaced by GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2011.

(h)So far protection of TRCA is concerned, this Directorate letter No. 14-16/2001-PAP(Pt.) dated 11.10.2004 issued in supersession to all previous provisions provided for protection of TRCA on reduction of workload and redeployment of staff on abolition of post and not in cases where redeployment was made on request. These provisions were not applicable under transfers which have occurred under Limited Transfer Facility extended to GDS under this Directorate letter No. 19-10/2004-GDS dated 17.07.2006. Para 3 (iii) of this Directorate letter dated 17.07.2006 prescribed that TRCA of the new post shall be fixed after assessment of actual workload of the post measured with respect to the cycle beat in respect of GDS MD/MC/Packer/Mail Messenger in this Directorate letter No. 14-11/97-PAP dated 1.10.1987. Based on this analogy, the incumbents of GDS BPM post in terms of points. This Directorate vide letter No. 19-10/2004-GDS (part) dated 21.07.2010 prescribed further that on transfer to a new post, the GDS cannot have any claim for protection of their TRCA drawn in the old post and his/her TRCA will be fixed at the minimum of the TRCA slab of the transferred post depending upon the workload of the said post.

(i)The power to allow transfer under the Limited Transfer Facility is vested only with the Head of the Circle and not with any other lower functionary. The position on this has recently been clarified under No.19-10/2004-GDS (part) dated 19.03.2012.

3. In view of the foregoing, immediate action may please be taken to get rectified the stand in conformity with the above. In order to avoid controversies and different stands before the Court of Law in future, prior consultation/approval of the Head of the Circle in each court case is prescribed to the mandatorily required before taking a stand before the Court of Law.

Sd/-

(Surender Kumar)

Assistant Director General

9GDS/PCC

Copy to;-

All Heads of Postal Circles except Kerala Circle- for information & disseminating the contenets to the notice of all concerned for strict compliance.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

From GS Desk...................

Today, I along with Sh. S. S. Kulkarni, CHQ Treasurer &Sh. Ajit Kumar, ASP (PMU) met with the Secretary (Posts), Member (P) and other Senior Officers in the Postal Directorate. Following issues relating to IP/ASP cadre were discussed with them.

Supplementary DPC for promotion to PS Gr. B cadre for 20-22 posts will be held in near future.

3. PS Group ‘B’ Examination 2012 scheduled to be held on 3/6/2012

Notification is likely to be issued shortly along with number of vacancies by DE Division.

4.DPC for promotion to PS Gr. B for the year 2012.

Letter to Circles for submission of ACRs/APARs will be issued by the Postal Directorate soon.

5. DPC for promotion to JTS Group ‘A’.

Requisite information has already been submitted to the UPSC by the Department.

6.Revision in rates of honorarium to be paid to Invigilators/Supervisors

Orders are likely to be issued soon by the Department.

7. Revised Recruitment Rules for PS Gr. B cadre

Initially, there were 790 PS Gr. B posts in the Department. As on date, 866 posts are available. It means 76 posts were created by the Department since 1994. Department requires copies of memos of creation of these posts except 20 posts created vide memo no. 33-5/94-PE-II dated 26/9/1996 ( i.e. 14 APMG posts downgraded to AD and 6 SSPOs posts downgraded to SPOs). After receipt of creation memos of 56 posts, revised Recruitment Rules for PS Gr. B cadre will be submitted to the UPSC/DOPT for approval. Hence, all CHQ Office Bearers & Circle Secretaries are requested to ascertain the details of creation of all PS Gr. B posts in their Circle since 1994 and submit the same to the CHQ.

8.Repatriation of surplus qualified IPs posted in other Circles to their home

Circles.

No proposal is under consideration in the Postal Directorate for repatriation as the issue comes under Rule 38 . However, CHQ will take up this issue with the Department subject to availability of list of all IPs working outside their home Circles with complete details and availability of vacancies in their home Circles. All Circle Secretaries are requested to consolidate the information and submit the same to the CHQ.

9. Restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre

It is still under consideration in the Postal Directorate. However, all Circle Secretaries are requested to submit their views, proposals to the CHQ in this regard.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. 1 (14)/2011-E-II(B) dated 3rd October,2011 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 58% to 65% with effect from 1st January, 2012.

2 The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No. 1 (3)/2008-E-II(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3 The additional instalment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Central Government employees.

4 These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

5 In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. 1 (14)/2011-E-II(B) dated 3rd October, 2011 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 58% to 65% with effect from 1st January, 2012.

2. The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No. 1 (3)/2008-E-II(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Central Government employees.

4. These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

5. In so far as the persons serving In the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the comptroller and Auditor General of India.